Game apparatus.



F. GHBVALIER. GAME APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 19, 1914.

1,126,704. Patented Feb. 2, 1915.

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FRANK CHEVALIER, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

GAME APFARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 2, 1915.

Application filed September 19, 1914. Serial No. 862,581.

T 0 aZZ whom. it may concern Be it known that I, FRANK CHEVALIER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Game Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to game ap paratus, and its object is to provide a device which may be placed upon objects to be sold, whereby a customer desiring to purchase some particular article has the opportunity of obtaining the article for a small sum far below the value of the article if the customer be able to lodge a ring or ball or other object in held relation to the device of the present invention placed upon the article, the customer standing at some predetermined distance from the device.

In accordance with the present invention there is provided a head-piece which may be placed upon the head of a doll or other article of merchandise, such head-piece carrying a knob or socket adapted to receive and retain a ring or ball, as the case may be, the head-piece being readily removable so as to be applied to some other doll than the one obtained by the successful placing of the ring or ball.

The device is particularly adapted for use at fairs and other gatherings to stimulate business.

While the device is made large enough to fit the head of a doll like a hat or cap, neither the head-piece nor the rings or balls used need be so bulky as to interfere with ready transportation. By making the headpiece and knob or cup of aluminum the whole structure may be made light in weight, but at the same time will so firmly hold its place on the head of a doll as not to be liable to displacement, and also acts as a protection to the dolls head preventing 1njury thereto. When a doll is thus chosen and sold the headgear is readily removed and may be placed upon the head of another doll either elsewhere in a group of such articles or upon a doll replacing the one sold.

The invention will be best understood from a consideration of the following detailed description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, with the further understanding that while the drawings show a practical form of the invention, the latter 15 not confined to any strict conformity with the showing of the drawings but may be changed and modified so long as such changes and modifications mark no material departure from the salient features of the invention.

In the drawings :F igure 1 is an elevation of the device of the present invention with a ring in cross-section and showing the application of the device to the head of a doll. Fig. 2- is a front to rear vertical section through the head-piece, some parts being shown in elevation. Fig. 8 is a bottom plan view of the device. Fig. 4 is an elevation, partly in section, showing a cup which may be employed with the head-piece. Fig. 5 is a plan view of one of the rings which may be used in connection with the headpiece of Figs. 1 and 2.

Referring to the drawings, there is shown a cap-like shell 1 conforming in general to the head of a doll indicated at 2. The shell 1 is in most part of approximately cylindrical outline corresponding in general to the shape of the main portion of the head, this rounded or cylindrical portion being indicated at 3, while at the part of the shell corresponding to the front of the head it is radially prolonged, as indicated at 4, so that the whole shell is in general of ovate form in plan view.

Attached to the top of the cap portion of the device is a post 5 having at an intermediate portion of its height a laterally expanded web 6 constituting a substantially circular shelf, while above this shelf 6 the post is widened and thickened into an elongated and more or less obovate knob 7 with a bulge 8 toward the rear so that the longitudinal center line of the knob is bent forwardly.

The post 5 is made fast to the cap member 1 by a screw 9 or in any other appropriate manner, the screw passing through the crown of the cap and securing the post 5 thereto. Of course, the structure may be made wholly in one piece, but since it is desirable to not only provide a knob, but also a cup such as indicated at 10 in Fig. 4, which cup rises from a post 5, it is preferred to make the structure of two parts secured together by the screw 9, whereby the knob 7 and cup 10 are readily interchangeable. For purposes of rigidity and security of attachment, the post 5 is formed with a laterally extended base 11 designed to rest upon and engage the upper face of the crown of the cap 1.

In the case of the knob 7 a ring 12 is provided and in the case of the cup IO a ball 12 may be employed.

While the cap is shown adapted to the head .2 of a doll, it is readily applied to other objects of'like character, and by a suitable change in the contourof the cap it may be attached to other objects than the heads of dolls.

By making the cap and the parts carried thereby of aluminum the Weight may be reduced to a minimum without sacrifice of strength and with the cap resting upon the head of the doll and having side portions encircling the head of the doll the structure is firmly seated without any liability of displacement and yet is so light as to be readily moved from the head of one doll to another as occasion may require.

. It is customary to provide a group of dolls properly supported, to which group a customer is permitted to approach only to within a predetermined distance. The prospective customer having indicated a choice of the group of dolls is supplied with one or more rings 12 or balls '12 for a stipulated price, and the cap is placed upon the head I of the chosen doll, after which the customer is permitted to throw or pitch the ring or ball in the endeavor to make the ring encircle the knob 7 and gravitate to the shelf 6, where it will be firmly held, or to cause the ball to lodge within the cup 10. If the prospective customer be success ful in his efforts the doll or other object becomes his property.

The inducement to select and obtain a doll or other object is such as to stimulate trade and the device is particularly adapted for use at fairs and other gatherings where business of the character for which the present device is adapted is a customary pro cedure.

Since those who carry on the business for which the present device is particularly adapted have to travel from place to place, packing space becomes valuable and in this respect the present invention is advantageous because there are neither heavy nor bulky articles to be packed, and it is quite possible to carry an ample supply of the devices of the present invention within a relatively small space, while the weight of the device because of the fact that it may be made of aluminum is not at all obtrusive, while the strength of the device is relatively great. 7

The cap-like member 1 forming the basic or body member of the device sufficiently embraces the top of the article to which it is applied to hold the device firmly thereon against any likelihood of displacement, while despite the firmness with which the device is attached to the article it is most readily removed 'tobe placed upon some other like article.

What is claimed is 1. A device for the purpose described,

comprising a cap-like body member with a post risingfr'om' the top thereof and carrying receptive and retaining means for an article adapted to be thrown or pitched toward the retaining means from 'a distance.

2. A device for the purpose described, comprising a cap-like body member with a post rising from the top thereof and carrying receptive and retaining means for an article adapted to be thrown or pitched toward the retaining means from a distance, said cap or body member .and the post being separately formed with the post adapted to the top of the crown of the cap, and removable fastening means for uniting the post to.

the cap.

3. A device for the purpose described, comprising a cap-like body member with a post rising from the crown portion thereof, said post terminating at the upper end in a knob and provided'with an intermediately located shelf at the baseof the knob portion where joining the post.

4. A device for the purpose described, comprising a cap-like body member with a post rising from the crown portion thereof, said post terminating at the upper end in a knob and provided with an intermediately located shelf at the base of the knob portion where joining the post, said knob having a bulge on one side and shaped so that its longitudinal center line is bent toward the other side of the post from the bulge. 7

5. A device for the purpose described comprising a cap-like member of general ovate contour with a post rising from the crown of the cap and terminating in a forwardly bent knob, the post also carrying a laterally extended 'shelf at the base of the knob.

6. A device for the purpose described comprising a cap-like member of general ovate contour with a post rising fromthe crown .of the cap and terminating in a forwardly bent knob, the post also carrying a laterally extended shelf at the base of the knob, and the knob and shelf being related to one another in size to permit the passage of a ring over the knob with the ring of' a diameter tobe supported by the shelf.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing. as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence'of two witnesses.

FRANK CHEVALIER. WVitnesses i POWELL, ROB RT 1?. Duncan.

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Washington, D. 0. 

